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✨ The ultimate upgrade from a toxic ex! ✨
Grace was drained financially and emotionally by her narcissistic baby daddy. Taking her daughter Lily, she runs for her life and stumbles into the arms of Ethan. Sure, he might use a wheelchair, but his heart is 100x stronger than her ex's! 🦽💪 "Runaway Single Mom and Her Billionaire Hubby" proves that true love doesn't care about physical limitations or broken pasts. Watch this incredible CEO become the ultimate stepdad and fiercely protective husband! ❤️🔥
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✨ The ultimate upgrade from a toxic ex! ✨
Grace was drained financially and emotionally by her narcissistic baby daddy. Taking her daughter Lily, she runs for her life and stumbles into the arms of Ethan. Sure, he might use a wheelchair, but his heart is 100x stronger than her ex's! 🦽💪 "Runaway Single Mom and Her Billionaire Hubby" proves that true love doesn't care about physical limitations or broken pasts. Watch this incredible CEO become the ultimate stepdad and fiercely protective husband! ❤️🔥
⭐GENRE: Single Mom, Billionaire, Strong-Willed, Redemption, Housewife
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00:00:00She's a VIP student here!
00:00:02Tell me, where did you get the money for this school?
00:00:04That country bumpin' single mom?
00:00:06What kind of man would even give her the time of day?
00:00:07Because I got married.
00:00:08My husband is Mr. Callahan.
00:00:11Because everything she said is true.
00:00:13I am Grace Bennett's husband.
00:00:16Callahan? As in the Callahans?
00:00:18The richest family in America?
00:00:19So that was his wife and daughter just now?
00:00:22Oh man, what have I done?
00:00:24I'm donating a fencing center to you.
00:00:25I want her to have the best education you can offer.
00:00:27I promise, your daughter will be well taken care of here.
00:00:31Don't ever let me see them set foot here again.
00:00:33Weird.
00:00:39My name is Grace Bennett.
00:00:41I grew up in a small town in Texas.
00:00:43Six years ago, I moved to California with the man I loved.
00:00:51We never got the chance to get married,
00:00:53but he gave me the best thing in my life.
00:00:55Our daughter, Lily.
00:01:00Lily's gonna love these.
00:01:02She's wanted to get into fencing for so long,
00:01:04and now I'm finally giving her gloves as a birthday gift.
00:01:08Why aren't you guys in uniform?
00:01:11Oh, our resident country bumpin' hasn't heard?
00:01:14Ethan Callahan, the owner of this factory,
00:01:15is coming in for an inspection.
00:01:17If I get noticed by him, then BAM!
00:01:18I'll be set for life!
00:01:21Don't even bother trying, Grace.
00:01:23You're a pathetic single mom working in a factory by day
00:01:25and babysitting at night.
00:01:26You don't stand a chance.
00:01:28Just stay out of our way.
00:01:33Oh, my God!
00:01:35He's really here?
00:01:37I know!
00:01:46What the hell is this?
00:01:48You didn't even bother to look him up?
00:01:51Mr. Callahan was seriously injured in Afghanistan in his early 20s.
00:01:54He's disabled now.
00:01:56God, he probably can't even get it up anymore.
00:02:00Ew!
00:02:02Hey, you're sorry, Jeff.
00:02:03The face is green.
00:02:08Oh, my God.
00:02:09Let's see this cripple eat shit.
00:02:11All that money, and he still can't even stand on his own.
00:02:14He looks like he needs help.
00:02:27Stop staring!
00:02:29Give him some space!
00:02:59Thanks.
00:03:00I know that wasn't the smoothest entrance.
00:03:08Ma'am, thank you.
00:03:10That was remarkable.
00:03:20Wow, Mr. Callahan.
00:03:22That woman was amazing.
00:03:24Your dad's been pushing you to get married for years.
00:03:27Maybe you should ask her out?
00:03:28Zip it, Ryan.
00:03:31She could already be married for all we know.
00:03:32Her?
00:03:33Far from it.
00:03:35Grace is a nanny for the Sullivan family.
00:03:37Small town Texas girl.
00:03:39Single mom.
00:03:40She's barely scratching by.
00:03:42So a single mom with a kid in tow?
00:03:44That's too much baggage.
00:03:46She's way below your station, Mr. Callahan.
00:03:50If she wants to marry me, her kid's not a burden.
00:03:53It's a bonus.
00:03:55And where's this week's paycheck?
00:03:57We're not running some kind of redneck charity here, you know?
00:04:03Who the hell made my daughter kneel outside in the rain?
00:04:06Grace, calm down.
00:04:07Lily took Kyle's gloves and wouldn't admit it.
00:04:10We just put her in a little timeout.
00:04:11She's fine.
00:04:12You know, kids, they bounce back.
00:04:14My daughter didn't steal anything!
00:04:16Hey!
00:04:17Where do you think you're going?
00:04:18Get out of my way.
00:04:19Lily's burning up.
00:04:20I'm taking her to the hospital.
00:04:21The hospital?
00:04:22Do you even know what that costs?
00:04:24Or let me guess, you're gonna beg Derek to pay for it again?
00:04:26How can you say that?
00:04:27Lily's his daughter too.
00:04:29You two aren't even married.
00:04:31Which means that girl's not a Sullivan.
00:04:33She gets all that greed and stupidity of hers from you.
00:04:36It's in your blood!
00:04:44Enjoy your meal.
00:04:48You lunatic!
00:04:50So you're flipping tables now, are you?
00:04:52You've crossed the line this time, Grace.
00:04:54Six years ago, I followed you here to California.
00:04:58I dropped out of design school so you could stay in college.
00:05:02I worked double shifts in factories to pay your tuition and all your family's living expenses.
00:05:09I gave up my future so you could have yours as a supervisor.
00:05:12And you still tell everyone I'm just the nanny.
00:05:15Look in the mirror, Grace.
00:05:17After all these years, you're still just a factory worker.
00:05:19What? No!
00:05:20I was the top of my class design school.
00:05:22I would have had a career in-
00:05:26You mean these stupid drawings?
00:05:28All this random junk?
00:05:29This is just a bunch of useless, meaningless crap!
00:05:31And you?
00:05:32You're just a worthless nobody!
00:05:35Derek?
00:05:36You're nothing but a leech.
00:05:38Without me working night and day to cover your bills, your family would have nothing.
00:05:41They've already squeezed every single thing they could out of me.
00:05:45Derek?
00:05:45She's lost her mind.
00:05:48Enough!
00:05:49I don't have the time to stand here arguing in circles with you.
00:05:51Get out of my way.
00:05:53Hm.
00:05:54She'll be fine.
00:05:55You are a monster!
00:05:57I'm done with you and your heartless family.
00:06:00My daughter and I are leaving!
00:06:01If you leave, you can forget about me marrying you!
00:06:05God.
00:06:06This again.
00:06:08As if I actually care anymore.
00:06:10Think carefully, Grace Bennett!
00:06:12No money!
00:06:12No help!
00:06:13No one wants a single mom and a useless-
00:06:17I don't want our daughter to live a life like mine.
00:06:20She's my daughter too.
00:06:22I'll love and protect you both always.
00:06:25I promise.
00:06:27What?!
00:06:28We want nothing to do with you, Derek.
00:06:31We're done!
00:06:32Fine!
00:06:33Be that way!
00:06:34But now you've really pissed me off this time!
00:06:42By the way,
00:06:43if you hadn't kept nagging to take that photo that day,
00:06:46I would never have bothered posing next to burdens like you.
00:06:52It's always the people you're closest to that hurt you the most.
00:06:57I'm sorry, sweetie.
00:06:58Mommy didn't protect you.
00:07:00I'm sorry.
00:07:01It's all my fault.
00:07:22Mr. Callahan?
00:07:24What are you-
00:07:24Grace Bennett?
00:07:26Yeah?
00:07:27Will you marry me?
00:07:29Let me be your shield for you and your daughter.
00:07:34Did you say you want to marry me?
00:07:37Ms. Bennett?
00:07:38I'm Ethan Callahan, CEO of Callahan Group.
00:07:41And I'm dead serious about this proposal.
00:07:46But why me?
00:07:47You're a big-shot CEO.
00:07:50And I'm just a warehouse worker with a kid.
00:07:52I need a wife.
00:07:55And-
00:07:56And you helped me out before.
00:07:59Now, let me return the favor.
00:08:01Let me protect you.
00:08:03I... helped you?
00:08:16Hey, newbie!
00:08:17No slacking!
00:08:28I'm not looking for a fling.
00:08:29I'm looking for a family.
00:08:31Let me give you both the life you deserve.
00:08:35Everything I have will be yours.
00:08:42Lately, my father won't stop pushing me to get married.
00:08:46But I-I-I want someone worth making a life with.
00:08:50So...
00:08:51What do you say we give it a shot?
00:08:59Oh!
00:09:03If you're gonna marry my mom, that means you'll be my new daddy.
00:09:08Mommy, I like him.
00:09:10He makes me feel like I'm his family.
00:09:15I-I'd love for us to all be family, but...
00:09:19I come with a bit of baggage.
00:09:23My legs...
00:09:25They're in bad shape.
00:09:27The docs say I might never recover.
00:09:32I-I get it if you say no.
00:09:34I'm kind of a mess.
00:09:39A mess.
00:09:41Can't be worse than scraping by,
00:09:44hungry half the time,
00:09:46or getting kicked out in the dead of night
00:09:48by the asshole father of your child.
00:09:59Yes.
00:10:00I'll marry you.
00:10:10I can't believe I'm actually married.
00:10:24Sorry.
00:10:25I didn't mean to...
00:10:28No worries.
00:10:29My legs...
00:10:31They can't feel a thing anyway.
00:10:33I'm going to fix this.
00:10:35I'll get him walking again.
00:10:36I noticed Lily really likes fencing.
00:10:39So I arranged a spot for her in the first grade class at Maplefield Independent School.
00:10:43They'll give the best education to your daughter.
00:10:45Or should I say...
00:10:47Our daughter.
00:10:49Oh my god.
00:10:51Maplefield?
00:10:52One year's tuition is equal to ten years of me and Derek's pay.
00:10:57I couldn't even book a tour the last time I tried.
00:11:01Ready to go home with me?
00:11:03Let's make it our home.
00:11:05For the three of us.
00:11:07Y-yes.
00:11:08Sure, yeah. Our home.
00:11:13Grandma!
00:11:15I'm hungry!
00:11:17Vanessa!
00:11:19Did Grace not come back to cook?
00:11:21Ugh, yesterday's clothes are still filthy.
00:11:24She and that little bastard kid, they both just vanished into grain air.
00:11:28Hate to say I told you so, but with an attitude like hers, what can you really expect?
00:11:35When you see her, tell her to cook and do the laundry ASAP.
00:11:39Then make her sit outside for an hour and reflect on what she's done.
00:11:43Gotta rent her in, no matter what it takes.
00:11:46I'll make sure she never runs away again.
00:11:50She's been missing for a full day now, already.
00:11:53What if she doesn't come back?
00:11:54Oh, please.
00:11:55No way she's going back to the sticks.
00:11:57She even asked me about sending Lily to Maplefield.
00:11:59As if that little brat belongs in the best school in California.
00:12:02If anyone deserves to go to Maplefield, it's Kyle.
00:12:05A kid like him needs the best school around.
00:12:07Why can't we send him to Maplefield?
00:12:09It's the cream of the crop.
00:12:10Ma, are you crazy?
00:12:12You can't even get through the front doors of Maplefield without a personal recommendation.
00:12:17We've been on the waiting list forever.
00:12:19Didn't your CEO visit yesterday?
00:12:21Ethan Callahan?
00:12:23Go butter him up.
00:12:24See if he'll give us a recommendation for Kyle.
00:12:27Mr. Callahan's untouchable.
00:12:29I can't even get near him.
00:12:33I'll call again this week and see if we can at least book a school tour.
00:12:43This place is enormous.
00:12:48Lily, your mom said you love fencing.
00:12:51I got these for you.
00:12:55What do you think?
00:12:56Wow, I love them!
00:12:58Oh no, sorry.
00:13:00Here, let me clean you up.
00:13:07Mr. and Mrs. Callahan, welcome.
00:13:09Mr. Miller, good to see you.
00:13:11This is my daughter, Lily.
00:13:13Hi, Mr. Miller.
00:13:14He just claimed her as his daughter.
00:13:19Heard you married a country girl and had a kid with her?
00:13:21Bring him out sometime.
00:13:25Nah, I don't have a wife.
00:13:27Just a nanny at home, nothing more.
00:13:30Derek hit us like we were nothing to him.
00:13:33But Ethan, he's proud of us.
00:13:35Maybe he's the caring husband I deserve.
00:13:38And the loving father Lily's always needed.
00:13:42Alright, everything's set.
00:13:44Want me to show you around?
00:13:45Sure, thanks.
00:13:46Or maybe we could go take a look on our own?
00:13:49You two go explore.
00:13:51I'll finish the paperwork here.
00:14:02Mr. Miller, I'm donating a fencing center to you.
00:14:05Lily loves fencing, but she hasn't been able to receive proper training.
00:14:09I want her to have the best education you can offer.
00:14:11Then we'll make sure she gets it.
00:14:12You really do love your wife and daughter, don't you?
00:14:15Of course.
00:14:17Nothing's more precious to me than my family.
00:14:25Oh my god! This place is so fancy!
00:14:30Vanessa, we have to get Kyle enrolled here.
00:14:32Well, we're only allowed to visit for now.
00:14:34Schools like this don't open doors for just anyone.
00:14:37Hi.
00:14:38Would you happen to be Lily and Mrs. Callahan?
00:14:41I'm Nora Williams, Lily's teacher.
00:14:43Yes, nice to meet you.
00:14:46Is...
00:14:47Is that Grace?
00:14:48Don't bring up that filthy nanny.
00:14:50Even worked her ass off to get a tour here, security would still shut her out.
00:14:54Wait, Grace?
00:14:55Why is she here?
00:15:04Grace, you ghosted us for days.
00:15:06Where the hell have you been?
00:15:08It's none of your business.
00:15:10Lily, head inside with Mrs. Williams.
00:15:12Don't screw this up.
00:15:13We're here for Kyle, okay?
00:15:14Get your ass home now.
00:15:16And maybe I'll think about marrying you.
00:15:17How'd you sneak in, huh?
00:15:19Hey, you!
00:15:20Get these trespassers out of here!
00:15:21What's happening?
00:15:23Every string I had just to get Kyle a tour here.
00:15:25Get that lunatic of yours in line.
00:15:27Don't let her ruin Kyle's chances for admission.
00:15:29Derek, I'm warning you.
00:15:31Lily's not your daughter anymore!
00:15:33And my daughter is not a thief.
00:15:35She's a VIP student here!
00:15:37Oh!
00:15:41VIP student?
00:15:42Wow!
00:15:43You're actually insane!
00:15:45Tell me, where did you get the money for this school?
00:15:47You steal it again?
00:15:50Look at them!
00:15:50Who lets trash like that set foot in our school?
00:15:52Kids from broken homes always turn out twisted.
00:15:54Son, stay away from her!
00:15:55Get out.
00:15:56Don't make me tell you twice.
00:15:58Mr. Callahan, I promise your daughter will be well taken care of here.
00:16:06Mr. Callahan?
00:16:07It's really him?
00:16:08So, that was his wife and daughter just now?
00:16:12What happened?
00:16:13Mr. Callahan, your wife got in a fight at the entrance.
00:16:16Someone's hurting her and your daughter!
00:16:18Get me there.
00:16:19Now!
00:16:20Grace, today it's time you and your miserable child learn your place.
00:16:24Get your filthy hands off my wife and daughter!
00:16:30What the hell is going on here?
00:16:32Mr. Miller, you're just in time.
00:16:34That kid's a lowly thief and her mom's no better.
00:16:36She's a single mom!
00:16:37Who said that?
00:16:39She did!
00:16:41Mr. Callahan, my brother Derek is one of your factory workers.
00:16:46I slaved as your family's nanny for six fucking years.
00:16:50Everything I did was for my daughter and what did you do to her?
00:16:53How the hell does this happen?
00:16:55Parents and kids getting attacked right at the school gates?
00:16:58I have serious questions about Maplefield security.
00:17:00She started it!
00:17:02She was beating her!
00:17:03Everyone saw!
00:17:05Yeah!
00:17:06Yeah, that's right!
00:17:07She's the one committing assault!
00:17:11Bullshit!
00:17:12Don't ever let me see them set foot here again.
00:17:14Weird.
00:17:14Why is Mr. Callahan holding Lily like that?
00:17:17It almost looks like she's his own kid.
00:17:21Ma'am!
00:17:21Wow!
00:17:22You must be married to a big shot or something.
00:17:26Everyone!
00:17:27This is Mrs. Callahan and her daughter Lily!
00:17:30Oh, how are you, Sergeant?
00:17:33Oh, how are you, Sergeant?
00:17:34Oh, how are you, Sergeant?
00:17:35Callahan?
00:17:35As in, the Callahans?
00:17:37The Richest Family in America?
00:17:39Oh man, what have I done?
00:17:41I was a total jerk to her and her kid just now.
00:17:44It's okay!
00:17:46Now there's one more person to protect you.
00:17:49Protect us!
00:17:50No, that's not possible.
00:17:53Grace loved me.
00:17:54She wouldn't just walk away.
00:17:55Please, that country bumping single mom.
00:17:58What kind of man would even give her the time of day?
00:18:00No, Grace, I won't let you leave like this.
00:18:03I'll make you crawl back to me and beg.
00:18:05You were mine, and you still are.
00:18:10Sir?
00:18:10Sir, are you okay?
00:18:16Hang on, I've got you.
00:18:18Help! Someone help!
00:18:20Is that Grace?
00:18:22What's she doing with that old man?
00:18:27Move back! What are you doing here? Step away!
00:18:31Looks like Grace really found herself a rich old man.
00:18:35That guy had to be at least 70.
00:18:39That damn Texas bumper.
00:18:41How dare she cheat on my son?
00:18:44We need to tell Derek right now.
00:18:46She's going to pay for this.
00:18:53Are you sure you still want to go back to the factory?
00:18:56You know, now that you're my wife,
00:18:58you don't have to work anymore.
00:19:01Yes, I'm sure.
00:19:03I still have some work to do there.
00:19:05Plus, they're really busy, and they need my help.
00:19:08And maybe when your legs get better,
00:19:11when you don't need me anymore,
00:19:13I'll still need my own job.
00:19:15And a steady paycheck.
00:19:18Don't play dumb.
00:19:19My mom and my sister saw it with their own eyes.
00:19:22I saw it, clear as day.
00:19:24That man was over 70.
00:19:26I'll make you pay
00:19:28for cheating on me.
00:19:29Want to know why I've been away all this time?
00:19:31Because I got married.
00:19:38But I didn't marry an old man.
00:19:40My husband is Mr. Callahan.
00:19:43Ethan Callahan!
00:19:45Ethan Callahan!
00:19:47Oh my God.
00:19:48Has she completely lost it?
00:19:51Seriously.
00:19:51Marry our CEO?
00:19:53What is she smoking?
00:19:54Did she even hear herself?
00:19:55Please, if that happens,
00:19:56I'm quitting this job and retiring.
00:20:00No, I will hang myself
00:20:01from the factory rafters!
00:20:03Go ahead
00:20:05and hang yourself right now.
00:20:11Because everything she said
00:20:13is true.
00:20:15I
00:20:16am Grace Bennett's husband.
00:20:28My name is Grace Bennett.
00:20:30I grew up in a small town in Texas.
00:20:32Six years ago,
00:20:34I moved to California
00:20:34with the man I loved.
00:20:40We never got the chance
00:20:41to get married,
00:20:42but he gave me the best thing in my life.
00:20:44Our daughter, Lily.
00:20:49Lily's gonna love these.
00:20:51She's wanted to get into fencing
00:20:52for so long.
00:20:53And now I'm finally giving her gloves
00:20:55as a birthday gift.
00:20:57Why aren't you guys in uniform?
00:21:00Oh, our resident country bumpin'
00:21:02hasn't heard?
00:21:03Ethan Callahan,
00:21:04the owner of this factory,
00:21:04is coming in for an inspection.
00:21:06If I get noticed by him,
00:21:07then BAM!
00:21:07I'll be set for life!
00:21:10Don't even bother trying, Grace.
00:21:12You're a pathetic single mom
00:21:13working in a factory by day
00:21:14and babysitting at night.
00:21:16You don't stand a chance.
00:21:17Just stay out of our way.
00:21:23Oh my God.
00:21:25He's really here?
00:21:36What the hell is this?
00:21:37You didn't even bother
00:21:38to look him up?
00:21:40Mr. Callahan was seriously injured
00:21:42in Afghanistan in his early 20s.
00:21:44He's disabled now.
00:21:45God, he probably can't even
00:21:47get it up anymore.
00:21:49Ew.
00:21:57Oh my God.
00:21:58Let's see this cripple eat shit.
00:22:00All that money
00:22:01and he still can't even
00:22:01stand on his own.
00:22:03He looks like he needs help.
00:22:16Stop staring.
00:22:18Give him some space.
00:22:19He seems,
00:22:20I'm sorry.
00:22:33I need to get out of his name.
00:22:40Oh my God.
00:22:48Thanks. I know that wasn't the smoothest entrance.
00:22:57Ma'am, thank you.
00:22:59That was remarkable.
00:23:09Wow, Mr. Callahan.
00:23:11That woman was amazing.
00:23:13Your dad's been pushing you to get married for years.
00:23:16Maybe you should ask her out?
00:23:17Zip it, Ryan.
00:23:20She could already be married for all we know.
00:23:22Her? Far from it.
00:23:24Grace is a nanny for the Sullivan family.
00:23:27Small-town Texas girl, single mom.
00:23:29She's barely scratching by.
00:23:31So a single mom with a kid in tow?
00:23:33That's too much baggage.
00:23:35She's way below your station, Mr. Callahan.
00:23:39If she wants to marry me, her kid's not a burden.
00:23:42It's a bonus.
00:23:45And where's this week's paycheck?
00:23:46We're not running some kind of redneck charity here, you know?
00:23:52Who the hell made my daughter kneel outside in the rain?
00:23:55Grace, calm down.
00:23:57Lily took Kyle's gloves and wouldn't admit it.
00:23:59We just put her in a little timeout.
00:24:00She's fine.
00:24:01You know, kids, they bounce back.
00:24:03My daughter didn't steal anything!
00:24:05Hey!
00:24:06Where do you think you're going?
00:24:07Get out of my way.
00:24:08Lily's burning up.
00:24:09I'm taking her to the hospital.
00:24:10The hospital?
00:24:11Do you even know what that costs?
00:24:13Or let me guess, you're going to beg Derek to pay for it again?
00:24:15How can you say that?
00:24:17Lily's his daughter, too.
00:24:18You two aren't even married.
00:24:20Which means that girl's not a Sullivan.
00:24:23She gets all that greed and stupidity of hers from you.
00:24:25It's in your blood!
00:24:33Enjoy your meal!
00:24:38You lunatic!
00:24:39So you're flipping tables now, are you?
00:24:41You've crossed the line this time, Grace.
00:24:43Six years ago, I followed you here to California.
00:24:47I dropped out of design school so you could stay in college.
00:24:51I worked double shifts in factories to pay your tuition and all your family's living expenses.
00:24:58I gave up my future so you could have yours as a supervisor.
00:25:02And you still tell everyone I'm just the nanny.
00:25:04Look in the mirror, Grace.
00:25:06After all these years, you're still just a factory worker.
00:25:09What?
00:25:09No!
00:25:09I was the top of my class design school.
00:25:12I would have had a career in...
00:25:15You mean these stupid drawings?
00:25:17All this random junk?
00:25:18This is just a bunch of useless, meaningless crap.
00:25:21And you?
00:25:21You're just a worthless nobody!
00:25:24Derek?
00:25:25You're nothing but a leech.
00:25:27Without me working night and day to cover your bills, your family would have nothing.
00:25:30They've already squeezed every single thing they could out of me.
00:25:34Derek, she's lost her mind.
00:25:37Enough!
00:25:38I don't have the time to stand here arguing in circles with you.
00:25:41Get out of my way.
00:25:43She'll be fine.
00:25:44You are a monster!
00:25:46I'm done with you and your heartless family.
00:25:49My daughter and I are leaving!
00:25:51If you leave, you can forget about me marrying you.
00:25:54God.
00:25:56This again.
00:25:57As if I actually care anymore.
00:25:59Think carefully, Grace Bennett!
00:26:01No money, no help.
00:26:02No one wants a single mom and a useless...
00:26:06I don't want our daughter to live a life like mine.
00:26:09She's my daughter, too.
00:26:12I'll love and protect you both always.
00:26:14I promise.
00:26:16What?
00:26:18We want nothing to do with you, Derek.
00:26:20We're done!
00:26:22Fine!
00:26:22Be that way!
00:26:23But now you've really pissed me off this time!
00:26:31By the way, if you hadn't kept nagging to take that photo that day, I would never have bothered posing
00:26:38next to burdens like you.
00:26:41It's always the people you're closest to that hurt you the most.
00:26:46I'm sorry, sweetie.
00:26:47Mommy didn't protect you.
00:26:49I'm sorry.
00:26:50It's all my fault.
00:27:11Mr. Callahan, what are you...
00:27:13Grace Bennett?
00:27:15Yeah?
00:27:16Will you marry me?
00:27:19Let me be your shield.
00:27:21For you and your daughter.
00:27:24Did you say you want to marry me?
00:27:26Ms. Bennett, I'm Ethan Callahan, CEO of Callahan Group, and I'm dead serious about this proposal.
00:27:35But why me?
00:27:37You're a big-shot CEO, and I'm just a warehouse worker with a kid.
00:27:42I need a wife.
00:27:45And you helped me out before.
00:27:48Now, let me return the favor.
00:27:50Let me protect you.
00:27:52I helped you?
00:28:05Hey, newbie!
00:28:06No slacking!
00:28:17I'm not looking for a fling.
00:28:19I'm looking for a family.
00:28:20Let me give you both the life you deserve.
00:28:25Everything I have will be yours.
00:28:31Lately, my father won't stop pushing me to get married.
00:28:35But I want someone worth making a life with.
00:28:40So, what do you say we give it a shot?
00:28:51If you're going to marry my mom, that means you'll be my new daddy.
00:28:58Mommy, I like him.
00:28:59He makes me feel like I'm his family.
00:29:04I'd love for us to all be family, but I come with a bit of baggage.
00:29:11My legs, they're in bad shape.
00:29:17The docs say I might never recover.
00:29:21I get it if you say no.
00:29:24I'm kind of a mess.
00:29:28A mess.
00:29:30Can't be worse than scraping by, hungry half the time,
00:29:35or getting kicked out in the dead of night by the asshole father of your child.
00:29:48Yes.
00:29:49I'll marry you.
00:29:59I can't believe I'm actually married.
00:30:13Sorry.
00:30:15I didn't mean to...
00:30:17No worries.
00:30:18My legs, they can't feel a thing anyway.
00:30:22I'm going to fix this.
00:30:24I'll get him walking again.
00:30:26I noticed Lily really likes fencing,
00:30:28so I arranged a spot for her in the first grade class at Maplefield Independent School.
00:30:32They'll give the best education to your daughter.
00:30:35Or should I say, our daughter.
00:30:38Oh my God.
00:30:40Maplefield?
00:30:42One year's tuition is equal to ten years of me and Derek's pay.
00:30:46I couldn't even book a tour the last time I tried.
00:30:51Ready to go home with me?
00:30:52Let's make it our home.
00:30:54For the three of us.
00:30:57Yes.
00:30:58Sure, yeah, our home.
00:31:02Grandma?
00:31:04I'm hungry!
00:31:06Vanessa!
00:31:08Did Grace not come back to cook?
00:31:10Ugh, yesterday's clothes are still filthy.
00:31:13She and that little bastard kid, they both just vanished into grain air.
00:31:17Hate to say I told you so, but with an attitude like hers, what can you really expect?
00:31:24When you see her, tell her to cook and do the laundry a-a-sap.
00:31:29Then make her sit outside for an hour and reflect on what she's done.
00:31:33Gotta rent her in, no matter what it takes.
00:31:35I'll make sure she never runs away again.
00:31:39She's been missing for a full day now, already.
00:31:42What if she doesn't come back?
00:31:43Oh, please.
00:31:44No way she's going back to the sticks.
00:31:46She even asked me about sending Lily to Maplefield.
00:31:48As if that little brat belongs in the best school in California.
00:31:51If anyone deserves to go to Maplefield, it's Kyle.
00:31:54A kid like him needs the best school around.
00:31:56Why can't we send him to Maplefield?
00:31:58It's the cream of the crop.
00:31:59Ma, are you crazy?
00:32:01You can't even get through the front doors of Maplefield without a personal recommendation.
00:32:06We've been on the waiting list forever.
00:32:08Didn't your CEO visit yesterday?
00:32:11Ethan Callahan?
00:32:12Go butter him up.
00:32:13See if he'll give us a recommendation for Kyle.
00:32:16Mr. Callahan's untouchable.
00:32:18I can't even get near him.
00:32:22I'll call again this week and see if we can at least book a school tour.
00:32:32This place is enormous.
00:32:37Lily, your mom said you love fencing.
00:32:40I got these for you.
00:32:45What do you think?
00:32:46Wow, I love them!
00:32:47Oh no, sorry.
00:32:49Here, let me clean you up.
00:32:56Mr. and Mrs. Callahan, welcome.
00:32:58Mr. Miller, good to see you.
00:33:00This is my daughter, Lily.
00:33:02Hi, Mr. Miller.
00:33:04He just claimed her as his daughter.
00:33:08Heard you married a country girl and had a kid with her?
00:33:10Bring him out sometime.
00:33:14Nah, I don't have a wife.
00:33:16Just a nanny at home, nothing more.
00:33:20Derek hit us like we were nothing to him.
00:33:22But Ethan, he's proud of us.
00:33:24Maybe he's the caring husband I deserve.
00:33:27And the loving father Lily's always needed.
00:33:31All right, everything's set.
00:33:33Want me to show you around?
00:33:34Sure, thanks.
00:33:35Or maybe we could go take a look on our own?
00:33:39You two go explore.
00:33:40I'll finish the paperwork here.
00:33:51Mr. Miller, I'm donating a fencing center to you.
00:33:54Lily loves fencing, but she hasn't been able to receive proper training.
00:33:58I want her to have the best education you can offer.
00:34:00Then we'll make sure she gets it.
00:34:02You really do love your wife and daughter, don't you?
00:34:05Of course.
00:34:06Nothing's more precious to me than my family.
00:34:14Oh my god!
00:34:16This place is so fancy!
00:34:19Vanessa, we have to get Kyle enrolled here.
00:34:21Well, we're only allowed to visit for now.
00:34:23Schools like this don't open doors for just anyone.
00:34:26Hi!
00:34:28Would you happen to be Lily and Mrs. Callahan?
00:34:30I'm Nora Williams, Lily's teacher.
00:34:32Yes, nice to meet you.
00:34:35Is...
00:34:36Is that Grace?
00:34:38Don't bring up that filthy nanny.
00:34:39Even worked her ass off to get a tour here.
00:34:41Security would still shut her out.
00:34:43Wait, Grace?
00:34:44Why is she here?
00:34:53Grace, you ghosted us for days.
00:34:55Where the hell have you been?
00:34:57It's none of your business.
00:34:59Lily, head inside with Mrs. Williams.
00:35:01Don't screw this up.
00:35:02We're here for Kyle, okay?
00:35:03Get your ass home now, and maybe I'll think about marrying you.
00:35:07How'd you sneak in, huh?
00:35:08Hey, you!
00:35:09Get these trespassers out of here!
00:35:11What's happening?
00:35:12Every string I had, just to get Kyle a tour here.
00:35:14Get that lunatic of yours in line.
00:35:16Don't let her ruin Kyle's chances for admission.
00:35:19Derek, I'm warning you.
00:35:20Lily's not your daughter anymore.
00:35:22And my daughter is not a thief.
00:35:25She's a VIP student here.
00:35:30VIP student?
00:35:31Wow.
00:35:32You're actually insane.
00:35:34Tell me, where did you get the money for this school?
00:35:37You steal it again?
00:35:39Look at them.
00:35:40Who lets trash like that set foot in our school?
00:35:41Kids from broken homes always turn out twisted.
00:35:43Son, stay away from her.
00:35:44Get out.
00:35:45Don't make me tell you twice.
00:35:48Mr. Callahan, I promise your daughter will be well taken care of here.
00:35:55Mr. Callahan?
00:35:56It's really him?
00:35:58So, that was his wife and daughter just now?
00:36:01What happened?
00:36:02Mr. Callahan, your wife got in a fight at the entrance.
00:36:05Someone's hurting her and your daughter.
00:36:07Get me there.
00:36:08Now.
00:36:09Grace, today it's time you and your miserable child learn your place.
00:36:13It's your filthy hands off my wife and daughter!
00:36:19What the hell is going on here?
00:36:21Mr. Miller, you're just in time.
00:36:23That kid's a lowly thief and her mom's no better.
00:36:25She's a single mom.
00:36:26Who said that?
00:36:29She did!
00:36:30Mr. Callahan, my brother Derek is one of your factory workers.
00:36:35I slaved as your family's nanny for six fucking years.
00:36:39Everything I did was for my daughter and what did you do to her?
00:36:41How the hell does this happen?
00:36:44Parents and kids getting attacked right at the school gates?
00:36:47I have serious questions about Maplefield security.
00:36:49She started it!
00:36:51She was beating her!
00:36:52Everyone saw!
00:36:55Yeah.
00:36:55Yeah, that's right.
00:36:56She's the one committing assault!
00:37:00Bullshit!
00:37:01Don't ever let me see them set foot here again.
00:37:03Weird.
00:37:04Why is Mr. Callahan holding Lily like that?
00:37:06It almost looks like she's his own kid.
00:37:10Ma'am.
00:37:10Wow, you must be married to a big shot or something.
00:37:15Everyone, this is Mrs. Callahan and her daughter Lily.
00:37:24Callahan?
00:37:24As in the Callahans?
00:37:26The richest family in America?
00:37:28Oh man, what have I done?
00:37:30I was a total jerk to her and her kid just now.
00:37:33It's okay.
00:37:35Now there's one more person to protect you.
00:37:38Protect us.
00:37:40No.
00:37:40That's not possible.
00:37:42Grace loved me.
00:37:43She wouldn't just walk away.
00:37:45Please.
00:37:45That country bumping single mom?
00:37:47What kind of man would even give her the time of day?
00:37:49No.
00:37:50Grace.
00:37:51I won't let you leave like this.
00:37:52I'll make you crawl back to me and beg.
00:37:54You were mine.
00:37:55You still are.
00:37:59Sir?
00:38:00Sir, are you okay?
00:38:05Hang on, I've got you.
00:38:08Help!
00:38:08Someone help!
00:38:09Is that Grace?
00:38:11What's she doing with that old man?
00:38:16Move back.
00:38:17What are you doing here?
00:38:18Step away.
00:38:20Looks like Grace really found herself a rich old man.
00:38:24That guy had to be at least 70.
00:38:28That damn Texas bumper.
00:38:30How dare she cheat on my son?
00:38:33We need to tell Derek right now.
00:38:35She's going to pay for this.
00:38:43Are you sure you still want to go back to the factory?
00:38:45You know, now that you're my wife, you don't have to work anymore.
00:38:50Yes, I'm sure.
00:38:52I still have some work to do there.
00:38:54Plus, they're really busy and they need my help.
00:38:58And maybe when your legs get better, when you don't need me anymore,
00:39:02I'll still need my own job.
00:39:04And a steady paycheck.
00:39:07Don't play dumb.
00:39:08My mom and my sister saw it with their own eyes.
00:39:11I saw it, clear as day.
00:39:13That man was over 70.
00:39:15I'll make you pay for cheating on me.
00:39:18Want to know why I've been away all this time?
00:39:20Because I got married.
00:39:27But I didn't marry an old man.
00:39:29My husband is Mr. Callahan.
00:39:32Ethan Callahan!
00:39:36Oh my God.
00:39:38Has she completely lost it?
00:39:40Seriously, marry our CEO?
00:39:42What is she smoking?
00:39:43Did she even hear herself?
00:39:44Please, if that happens, I'm quitting this job and retiring.
00:39:49No, I will hang myself from the factory rafters!
00:39:52Go ahead and hang yourself right now.
00:40:00Because everything she said is true.
00:40:05I am Grace Bennett's husband.
00:40:12All these years, he's been funneling the company's money and the family's money out here, bit by bit, to keep
00:40:19his second home!
00:40:20Grace, you're shameless!
00:40:21An old relative lent this house to Thomas temporarily!
00:40:25John Miller.
00:40:26Three months' wages.
00:40:28Two kids waiting on winter coats.
00:40:29Sam Wilson.
00:40:30Sick wife.
00:40:31No food left in the house.
00:40:32Peter Brown.
00:40:33Still can't afford the cost of his mother's funeral.
00:40:35You hear that?
00:40:36Your workers can barely survive, all because of your bad decisions.
00:40:40This house is only borrowed.
00:40:45From now on, everything belongs to the new management.
00:40:48The sawmills, timberland, dock contracts, and railroad tie supply rights.
00:40:53Thomas Bennett, you're finally nothing now.
00:40:59Ma'am, does this mean we'll get our back pay now?
00:41:04Oh, a transfer of ownership is complicated business.
00:41:08Until the books are sorted out, the wages will have to wait.
00:41:11Wait!
00:41:12You work for us now.
00:41:14Think twice before you run your mouth.
00:41:19Work for you?
00:41:20Over my dead body!
00:41:23Don't you dare!
00:41:24I'm a lady!
00:41:25I'm Miss Bennett!
00:41:26You're no lady!
00:41:27You're just that viper's little bastard!
00:41:31Get out, you bastards!
00:41:33Boss, I don't know what to say.
00:41:35All right.
00:41:37You all got paid.
00:41:38Go on, all of you.
00:41:39Don't keep your families waiting.
00:41:41Mr. Bennett, the gala's about to start.
00:41:43The car's waiting outside.
00:41:46Sum it up!
00:41:47Yes, nice guys.
00:41:49I'll get it.
00:41:50Oh!
00:41:50That's what I have to say!
00:41:54Boss, what an honor.
00:41:56It's not every day you come down to inspect the mill.
00:41:59You didn't hear?
00:41:59Boss is here because he's marrying Grace Whitmore.
00:42:02Grace Whitmore?
00:42:03The prettiest girl in town?
00:42:06Well now, congratulations, boss.
00:42:22Darling, are you all finished?
00:42:24I've been longing to see you since this morning.
00:42:26I've missed you, too, my love.
00:42:34You've stalled us three months already!
00:42:37Pay us today!
00:42:38I can't even buy flour for my family!
00:42:43Stay calm, everyone.
00:42:45Mr. Bennett's going through the books.
00:42:47He'll make this right!
00:42:48Pay us!
00:42:49Pay us!
00:42:50Pay us!
00:42:51Pay us!
00:42:53Sir, I just got word from the doctor.
00:42:55Your mother's been diagnosed with stomach cancer.
00:42:57She needs treatment right away.
00:42:59It'll cost at least $400,000.
00:43:02What?
00:43:12Send the treatment money first.
00:43:14There's only a few thousand dollars left in the company accounts.
00:43:17Impossible!
00:43:18There were $8 million last month.
00:43:20And it's not just the cash.
00:43:21The lumber receipts we kept at Victor's Dock Warehouse are gone, too.
00:43:25Without them, we can't even claim that timber.
00:43:29Who has access to that money?
00:43:31Besides you and your wife?
00:43:33Only Richard, Clara, and Julian.
00:43:37They're my family.
00:43:39They'll help me get to the truth.
00:43:52Richard.
00:43:53You kids are all in town?
00:43:55Good timing.
00:43:56There's serious trouble at the company.
00:43:58No.
00:44:00Sign the sawmill and the timberland over to us.
00:44:03And the trouble outside takes care of itself.
00:44:06What?
00:44:08You're old and you're soft.
00:44:10A worker cries poor, you give him a raises.
00:44:12A dealer stiffs you, you give him more time.
00:44:14You will ruin Bennett timber.
00:44:16You're at that mill all day.
00:44:18You always stink of sawdust and machine oil.
00:44:21Everyone at the club laughs at us for having a crude country yunker for a father.
00:44:27Clara.
00:44:28Father, you're leaving us the company sooner or later anyway.
00:44:32Step aside now.
00:44:33Have a nice quiet retirement.
00:44:34Why work yourself to the bone?
00:44:37So you took all the company's money and receipts?
00:44:41You're right.
00:44:42I gave you the best house.
00:44:45Sent you to the best schools.
00:44:47I loved you like my own.
00:44:49Your mother's in the city on business.
00:44:52If she knew you were treating me like this, it would break her heart.
00:45:02Break her heart?
00:45:05Over you?
00:45:08Think it over.
00:45:10Those workers outside are losing their patience.
00:45:16Yeah.
00:45:26My god.
00:45:27They're going to wreck the saw table.
00:45:31Twist!
00:45:32Twist!
00:45:33Fix this up!
00:45:34Go set twist down!
00:45:44God almighty, what are you doing?
00:45:46That table goes, the whole mill is finished.
00:45:49No pay, no mill.
00:45:50We'll tear it down.
00:45:51My family's had no bread for two days.
00:45:53No one cares if we live or die.
00:46:02Stop!
00:46:04Yeah, stop.
00:46:08Well, look who's here.
00:46:10The great philanthropist Thomas Bennett.
00:46:13Tired of your fancy cigars?
00:46:15Stop!
00:46:16That saw is our only chance to save the mill.
00:46:21To hell with your mill.
00:46:22My family's got nothing to eat.
00:46:24What about us?
00:46:27You black-hearted crook.
00:46:29If you love that table so much,
00:46:30climb up and go down with it.
00:46:32Sorry, James.
00:46:33Twist!
00:46:34Twist!
00:46:35Twist!
00:46:35Missions up!
00:46:36Go set twist down!
00:46:52Mr. Bennett, my God!
00:46:54Get off of them!
00:46:56You almost died.
00:46:58I'd give my life to save this mill.
00:47:02Hundreds of families depend on it.
00:47:04We don't want to do this, Mr. Bennett, but it's been three months.
00:47:07My landlord's at my door every day, asking for rent money.
00:47:11Since my husband died in the woods,
00:47:13my paycheck's the only thing keeping my kids alive.
00:47:18Now my little girl's sick,
00:47:20and I can't even afford a doctor.
00:47:23I haven't been able to afford a single sack of coal for three months.
00:47:28My mother has to sleep under all her old rags for warmth.
00:47:33You live in a big house and own a fancy carriage.
00:47:36Of course you'd have no idea how we're scraping by.
00:47:39We just want our wages!
00:47:41Yes!
00:47:42Give us our money!
00:47:44Yes!
00:47:48You're right.
00:47:49You did the work, but you didn't get paid.
00:47:52It's my fault, no matter what.
00:47:55I know how much these paychecks matter.
00:47:58They put bread on your table,
00:48:00pay for your children's doctors,
00:48:02and buy the firewood that gets your parents through winter.
00:48:04They're how your families survive.
00:48:07Then why haven't you paid us?
00:48:12The company's funds were transferred.
00:48:15All the lumber receipts are gone.
00:48:17There isn't a cent left in the accounts.
00:48:19Bennett Timber owes you all,
00:48:21and I won't run from this debt.
00:48:24I won't let you work for nothing.
00:48:27I'll sell my house,
00:48:29my carriage,
00:48:30and all my valuables,
00:48:31even my family's timberland,
00:48:33and I will put every last cent in your hands.
00:48:37We're supposed to believe that?
00:48:38I'm not asking you to trust me right now.
00:48:41Please,
00:48:42just give me one more day.
00:48:51Mr. Bennett!
00:48:52I failed you.
00:48:54So now,
00:48:55I'm begging you,
00:48:57one day,
00:48:58by the end of tomorrow,
00:48:59I'll make this right.
00:49:04We want our wages!
00:49:06Your apologies won't put bread on our tables!
00:49:08I'm already two months behind on rent!
00:49:10I can't wait another day!
00:49:12Pay us now!
00:49:13Pay us now!
00:49:14Yeah!
00:49:19Henry,
00:49:19you've been at this mill for 15 years.
00:49:21When the blade took your hand two winters ago,
00:49:23I made you a promise.
00:49:25As long as Bennett Timber stands,
00:49:26your family will never go hungry.
00:49:29Mary,
00:49:30you lost your husband to an accident in the woods.
00:49:33Since then,
00:49:34you've raised three children on your own
00:49:35and never missed a single day of work.
00:49:38Last winter,
00:49:38when I heard your youngest had no shoes,
00:49:40I bought two pairs for each of your children.
00:49:44And George,
00:49:46Peter,
00:49:47Andrew,
00:49:48I remember every last thing you gave to this mill.
00:49:52You never failed this company.
00:49:54It is I,
00:49:55Thomas Bennett,
00:49:56who's failed you.
00:49:57I'm not asking for forgiveness.
00:49:59Just one day.
00:50:00That's all.
00:50:01I'll sell my house,
00:50:02my carriage,
00:50:03all my valuables,
00:50:05and I'll pay your wages first thing.
00:50:07I've worked for Mr. Bennett for 15 years.
00:50:09He's never shorted me a single demi.
00:50:13After my husband's accident,
00:50:15he kept paying his wages for six months.
00:50:18And during last year's blizzard,
00:50:20he gave us firewood to keep our family warm.
00:50:22But what if we give him another day and he runs?
00:50:25I'll trust him one more time.
00:50:27So will I.
00:50:31Everyone go home for now.
00:50:33We'll meet back here this time tomorrow and hear Mr. Bennett out.
00:50:39All of you.
00:50:48You're really selling the house and the carriage?
00:50:51Where will you and Mrs. Bennett live?
00:50:54If the workers don't get paid today,
00:50:55their children could go hungry tonight.
00:50:57I have to save them first.
00:51:06Get this to my wife in the city right away.
00:51:09Tell her to sell the house,
00:51:10the carriage,
00:51:10and every piece of jewelry and art we own.
00:51:13All of it?
00:51:14All of it.
00:51:16I've explained everything in the letter.
00:51:23President Walker,
00:51:24this is the man you've been looking for.
00:51:34Thomas Bennett.
00:51:35That's him.
00:51:37Fifteen years,
00:51:38and I've finally found you,
00:51:39my long-lost partner.
00:51:41Bring the car around.
00:51:43Tell our lawyers,
00:51:44bank rep,
00:51:44and guards.
00:51:45We'll leave for Bennett Timber in ten minutes.
00:51:47But you're meeting with the chairman of the State Railroad Commission at three.
00:51:51He can reschedule.
00:51:58I'll see you soon,
00:51:59my business partner.
00:52:04All eight million from Bennett Timber's accounts has been transferred,
00:52:07and the lumber receipts are in our names now.
00:52:10Thomas won't be able to pull anything out.
00:52:13Didn't think he'd hand you the company's most important account so fast.
00:52:16In a matter of days,
00:52:17you've taken his life's work.
00:52:18What a fool.
00:52:19All it took was calling him Dad,
00:52:22and suddenly he'd do anything for me.
00:52:24He still thinks Mother's gonna bail him out.
00:52:26He's probably sitting in that shabby little office right now,
00:52:29waiting for the whole family to come save him.
00:52:34He always said trusting family is the foundation of good business.
00:52:37Turns out his trust was worth a cool eight million.
00:52:40That's his fatal flaw.
00:52:42He thinks everyone's as saintly as he is.
00:52:44What time for St. Thomas to pay.
00:52:47Still,
00:52:47Bennett Timber's just an empty shell now.
00:52:49We've got the money and the timber.
00:52:51Why do we even want those old sawmills?
00:52:52Because all you took was the cash.
00:52:54The real value is Bennett Timber's decades of hard-earned reputation,
00:52:58its vast timberland,
00:53:00and its long-term port contracts.
00:53:02Meaning,
00:53:03the Walker Group is hunting for a long-term lumber supplier
00:53:06and a port partner.
00:53:07Whoever holds Bennett Timber gets a seat at Walker's table.
00:53:11The Walker Group?
00:53:12That name's always in the headlines.
00:53:14But President Walker's never shown his face in public.
00:53:17They say he's a young, handsome gentleman.
00:53:19Every banker and railroad baron in the city is desperate to win his favor.
00:53:23If I use Bennett Timber to get close to him,
00:53:25the entire city elite will have to answer to me.
00:53:41Hey,
00:53:44Mr. Walker,
00:53:45welcome to our city.
00:53:47Mr. Walker,
00:53:47your improved derricks brought three dead oil fields back to life.
00:53:51Even the banks back east want to invest now.
00:53:53Partner with us,
00:53:54and we'll give your oil and equipment top priority on the rails.
00:54:08First of all,
00:54:10I'm no mister.
00:54:12Second,
00:54:12I'm not here to talk business.
00:54:15I came here to find someone.
00:54:21Mother,
00:54:22the doctor has told me everything.
00:54:24I know my body.
00:54:26I'm worried about you.
00:54:28It's only been a few days,
00:54:29and you've gone so much grayer.
00:54:32Trouble at the company?
00:54:33Or those three children?
00:54:36The company's accounts have been drained.
00:54:38The lumber receipts are all gone.
00:54:41The workers are demanding pay outside the mill,
00:54:43and I can't even give them what they're owed.
00:54:45Then,
00:54:46don't worry about me.
00:54:48Get through the crisis in front of you first.
00:54:50Mother,
00:54:50it's stomach cancer.
00:54:51The doctor says you need surgery as soon as possible.
00:54:54I'm so sorry.
00:54:56I'm your son,
00:54:56and I can't even afford the treatment you need.
00:54:59Mother,
00:55:01I've failed you.
00:55:03Nonsense.
00:55:05Your workers have wives,
00:55:08children,
00:55:08aging parents.
00:55:10Their families rely on their paychecks.
00:55:12Go do what you have to do.
00:55:15I've already asked Grace to sell the house,
00:55:18the carriage,
00:55:18and the art in the city.
00:55:20She'll take care of it.
00:55:21I know she will.
00:55:23Thomas,
00:55:24I've never trusted Grace.
00:55:26She'd been married three times before she met you,
00:55:29each husband richer than the last.
00:55:32Now that your fortune is gone,
00:55:34what makes you think she'll stay?
00:55:37Mr. Bennett,
00:55:38an urgent letter has just arrived from Mrs. Bennett.
00:55:40Grace has raised the money.
00:55:44Only $200,000?
00:55:47Dearest Thomas,
00:55:48the buyers learned we're desperate for cash,
00:55:51so they shorted us.
00:55:52I had to take a $200,000 deposit for now,
00:55:56so the workers wouldn't be kept waiting.
00:55:59The check is enclosed.
00:56:01I'll keep working on the rest.
00:56:05Our house,
00:56:06the carriage,
00:56:07the art collections,
00:56:09they're worth at least $8 million.
00:56:11And she only got $200,000?
00:56:14Mr. Bennett,
00:56:15perhaps you should review the accounts in the city yourself,
00:56:18leaving everything to your wife.
00:56:19Grace would never betray me.
00:56:23She took that price
00:56:25because she knew the workers couldn't wait.
00:56:27She raised $200,000 in one day.
00:56:31She did everything she could,
00:56:32but we're still $5 million short.
00:56:43I have $200,000 I've saved over the years.
00:56:47Take it.
00:56:51No.
00:56:52You need that money for your surgery.
00:56:54I can't take it.
00:56:55You're my son.
00:56:57How could I stand by when you're in trouble?
00:56:59But this money would save your life.
00:57:01If those workers don't get paid,
00:57:02their families can't get by.
00:57:04Take it.
00:57:05Put food on their tables first.
00:57:07Even with Grace's $200,000 and yours,
00:57:09the workers' rages are still more than $4 million short.
00:57:12Then find another way.
00:57:14You've been in business your whole life
00:57:15and helped so many people,
00:57:17someone will lend you a hand.
00:57:18But it's $4 million.
00:57:21Now the company's in trouble.
00:57:22No bank will lend us that kind of money.
00:57:26There's one person I can think of.
00:57:29Who?
00:57:30Victor Crane.
00:57:32We came to America together
00:57:34and now he controls the city's dock,
00:57:36warehouses, and freight business.
00:57:38$4 million should be well within his reach.
00:57:45Mr. Crane, Mr. Thomas Bennett would like to see you.
00:57:48Send him in.
00:57:49He's an old friend.
00:57:50I can't keep him waiting.
00:57:55Well, look who it is.
00:57:58The great Thomas Bennett himself.
00:58:02What brings you to my little company today?
00:58:08Victor.
00:58:09It's been a long time.
00:58:11It has.
00:58:13Back then,
00:58:13you were busy running your woodlands and sawmills,
00:58:16rubbing elbows with bankers and big merchants.
00:58:19Of course, you wouldn't have time for an old friend
00:58:20hauling freight and minding warehouses.
00:58:23I never forgot you.
00:58:24Well then, I'm honored.
00:58:26Come, set that cane aside
00:58:28and let your old friend help you.
00:58:39Oh dear, Thomas.
00:58:42I didn't mean to.
00:58:44I'm...
00:58:45I'm fine.
00:58:46I had no idea.
00:58:47You can't even stand on your own now?
00:58:52I got hurt in an accident at the mill a few years back.
00:58:56Oh.
00:58:57What a shame.
00:59:03Victor,
00:59:04could you give me a hand?
00:59:08Oh,
00:59:08then just say what you came to say on all fours.
00:59:11Stop beating around the Bosch.
00:59:13I don't have time for chit-chat.
00:59:23Victor,
00:59:24Victor,
00:59:24I'd like to borrow four million dollars.
00:59:27My workers are still waiting on their wages.
00:59:29I promise I'll pay it back in a month.
00:59:31Principle and interest.
00:59:33Four million?
00:59:35That's pocket change to me.
00:59:37You'll lend it to me?
00:59:39I can.
00:59:41I can.
00:59:43But only if you crawl over here and beg on your knees.
00:59:55Victor, you're joking, right?
00:59:56I'll pay you back the four million within a month, whatever interest you name.
01:00:00We came to America together.
01:00:02We've known each other for years.
01:00:05I really am in trouble, Victor, and I'm hoping you can help me.
01:00:08Help you.
01:00:11Thomas, do you think you're still that big-shot lumber baron that your word is law?
01:00:15I never thought that.
01:00:18We both came here with nothing.
01:00:21You made your fortune a few years before I did, and suddenly you were lecturing me, telling
01:00:25me how to live as if you always knew better.
01:00:28I never looked down on you.
01:00:29Oh, really?
01:00:31Did you forget the first time I came to you for money?
01:00:36Thomas!
01:00:38Please, lend me 500.
01:00:40I'll go back in there and win it all back.
01:00:45Here's 50.
01:00:47Enough for three days' food and lodging.
01:00:49I'm sorry, my friend, but I won't stand by and watch you throw your life away.
01:00:59Thomas, the party's about to start.
01:01:05Remember?
01:01:06You shoved $50 at me like I was some beggar.
01:01:09I really wanted to help.
01:01:10If it happened again, I'd do the same thing.
01:01:12Exactly what I hate about you!
01:01:14You're always right, always noble.
01:01:15St. Thomas!
01:01:17You had the mills, the name, and everyone's respect.
01:01:20Even the woman I wanted, she married you.
01:01:22The past has nothing to do with what I'm asking for today.
01:01:25Oh, it has everything to do with this.
01:01:27I begged you once.
01:01:28Today, at last, it's your turn to beg me.
01:01:32If you don't, your workers won't get paid.
01:01:36Tonight, their families will go hungry.
01:01:39By winter, their children will have no shoes, and their parents will freeze to death.
01:01:44You keep calling them your responsibility.
01:01:47So, prove it.
01:01:49Get on your knees.
01:01:51That's all it takes to save them.
01:01:53Or is that pride of yours worth more than their lives?
01:01:57If I kneel, you'll lend me the four million?
01:02:16Wait.
01:02:19Grace!
01:02:22Victor, is this how you treat an old friend?
01:02:25Have you forgotten how he helped you?
01:02:34whatever he owes i'll cover it this time walk away from the tables victor stop gambling your
01:02:41life away mr bennett you've paid his bail in full but next time we catch him smuggling no one can
01:02:50save him victor you can make good money running a warehouse or freight why in god's name are you
01:02:57smuggling oh save it i'm out of cash if i don't smuggle the company goes under tomorrow a businessman
01:03:02lives and dies by his reputation keep breaking the law and no one will ever do business with you
01:03:06again i'm finished i can't pay what i owe they'll lock me up
01:03:18draw money from my account help him save the warehouse yes sir
01:03:30your old friend bailed you out
01:03:36and put up the money to save your warehouse now you hate him because he saw you at your lowest
01:03:41grace that's right so you waited 15 years for him to get old and crippled so you can watch him
01:03:51lose
01:03:51everything he built that's right and you dangle those workers livelihoods over the man who saved
01:03:58you twice to force him to crawl at your feet exactly i can hardly wait to see it victor
01:04:08you really are an ungrateful wicked hopeless son of a bitch grace never mind all that tell me how
01:04:16much more were you able to raise
01:04:22i happen to have a weakness for bad boys grace what the hell
01:04:32from what i've dug up grace has been moving thomas's assets into victor's accounts all along
01:04:37she and victor have been colluding for a long time
01:04:41drive faster we need to get there as soon as possible
01:04:48oh thomas that look on your face is priceless
01:04:51don't worry your eyes aren't lying victor and i we've been together a long time
01:04:56grace you
01:05:02i'm a man of my word get on your knees and i'll sign the check right now
01:05:06no i still have some dignity left sorry to trouble you good day
01:05:13i treated you well for 15 years why are you doing this because you're finished can't get back up
01:05:22let me get up we'll talk face to face face to face with your height your stature you'll always stand
01:05:28ahead above me i want your children to see you in all your glory
01:05:36from now on i'm only calling him dad at least he won't keep me in some sawdust covered backwater dump
01:05:40that's right dad promised everything you were too stingy for he'll give us all of it
01:05:46you you'd call him father one more thing moving the company's money and the receipts
01:05:51mr victor taught us exactly how to gut bennett timber so it was him
01:05:56i just pointed the way it was your three fine children who handed me everything you had with
01:06:02their own hands don't blame them this was all my idea to begin with you had them steal my money
01:06:10how can you call it stealing isn't a man supposed to provide for his family i just taught them to
01:06:15take what's rightfully theirs so you've been lying to me for 15 years i married you because you were
01:06:23the richest lumberman around i thought i'd live in the grandest house in the city and go to the finest
01:06:28balls instead i was stuck in the country with you breathing sawdust and machine oil i've been so sick
01:06:33of you that sawmill and your filthy workers the heartwarming family reunion's over now let's talk
01:06:40business sign here hand me the sawmills the timberland and every dock contract then this four
01:06:45million dollar check is yours never bennett timber is my life's work if you don't sign your workers
01:06:51will never see their wages their children will go hungry their old folks will freeze to death oh great
01:06:56mr bennett is your company more important than their lives you're using the workers livelihoods to force
01:07:02my hand yes and you have no other choice i won't sign that's not up to you i'm sick of
01:07:10him always
01:07:10acting holier than thou a dinosaur like him deserves to be left behind you carry his name you squander his
01:07:17fortune and now you kick him when he's down mr walker the children are young please forgive their
01:07:23bluteness i'm owen mercer secretary to the president of the walker group president walker sent me to find
01:07:28mr bennett who knew this is how you treat your own father it's his own damn fault he's a failure
01:07:38we're taking him to the hospital i'm his wife i have to go with him save it mr bennett hold
01:07:45on
01:07:48idiots you defend the walker group he's just a secretary he's not president walker this is our turf
01:07:55where does he get off strutting around like that how does thomas even have an ally at the walker group
01:07:59gala is in three days
01:08:03i have to have bennett timber before then
01:08:05harriet walker you may have forgotten we've met before
01:08:13perhaps you're mistaken a lady as striking as you i'd certainly remember you
01:08:17i'm not mistaken
01:08:18you were my first mentor
01:08:20you taught me how to build my own business now you're in trouble i've come to help
01:08:2950 million
01:08:32good heavens miss 50 million enough to cover your workers wages and your mother's cancer
01:08:37treatment and buy a stake in bennett timber in the walker group's name then inject one billion under my
01:08:42personal name
01:08:45boss bennett timber's cash flow has collapsed it's on the brink of bankruptcy your investment
01:08:50will go straight down the drain you think i've lost my head over a debt of gratitude
01:08:54no let me tell you this will be the single best investment of my career
01:08:58any company run by thomas bennett is destined to become the finest in the world
01:09:05understood
01:09:05tell me who provided for you all these years sent you to the finest schools your wish was his command
01:09:10thomas really loved you as his own not this again he cheated he stiffed the workers he ran the company
01:09:16into the ground he's not our father clara what about you thomas doted on you most of all
01:09:22dresses carriages jewels he could never say no to you you sure know how to act loyal
01:09:27when i offered to make you my assistant you wouldn't even look at me
01:09:30so you prefer old men you watch your mouth all these years he's been funneling the company's money and
01:09:37the family's money out here bit by bit to keep his second home grace you're shameless an old
01:09:44relative lent this house to thomas temporarily john miller three months wages two kids waiting
01:09:50on winter coats sam wilson sick wife no food left in the house peter brown still can't afford the
01:09:55cost of his mother's funeral you hear that your workers can barely survive all because of your bad
01:10:01decisions this house is only borrowed from now on everything belongs to the new management the sawmills
01:10:10timberland dock contracts and railroad tie supply rights thomas bennett you're finally nothing now
01:10:20ma'am does this mean we'll get our back pay now
01:10:26oh a transfer of ownership is complicated business until the books are sorted out the wages will have
01:10:32to wait wait you work for us now think twice before you run your mouth
01:10:40work for you over my dead body
01:10:44don't you dare i'm a lady i'm miss bennett you're no lady you're just that viper's little bastard
01:10:52get out you bastards boss i don't know what to say all right you all got paid go on all
01:11:00of you
01:11:00don't keep your families waiting mr bennett the gala is about to start the car's waiting outside